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Hi. I’m a late blooming author of queer feminist tragicomedy. I mostly write creative nonfiction, op-eds and books for kids. I also edit, teach workshops and specialize in transferring oral history to the page. Feel free to poke around.

A translator by training, I spent thirty years in the not-for-profit sector, managing small organizations with big social change mandates. After multiple lay-offs due to funding cuts, I launched my own arts business, indulging my passion for hand-making. It was a colossally enjoyable and unprofitable venture. Its demise gave me the time and impetus to really focus on my own artistic practice. I began with the goal of sharing my family history with my daughters, went on to publish some autobiographical stories, and wound up with my first book, Any Kind of Luck at All.

Now a grandmother, I am writing for so many reasons: to support myself, to maintain my mental health, to educate, to entertain, and to honour those I have lost and those I hold dear.